Cheese ring



T. A. ROHDE.

EEEEEEEEEE APPLICATION FILED AUG-6. 1921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

PATENT Ormes.

THOMAS A.1ROHDE, on TIMOTBY, wrsconsm.

CHEESE RING.

'Sp ifi ati n f L, tr aten Patented Max, 28,. 1922..

Application filed August 6, 1921.. Serial No. 490,307. 7

To aZZ wkbm it may concem:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. ROHDE, a

' citizen of the United States, and resident of hoop, and

Timothy, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese Rings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention refers to cheese rings and associated parts, and it has for its objects to provide a simple, economical and effective structure wherein a slip ring is utilized having its edges lapped to. form a bead which is offset from the inner surface of the ring, wherebfy said surfacewill present an uninterrupted face to the cheese and thus avoid a seam or joint therein. Another object of my invention is to provide in combination with the offset seam of the ring, a hoop, the enlarged ring rec eiving section of which has a longitudinal groove therein for the reception of the offset hoop seam or bead whereb the parts can readily be assembled or witiidrawn, and whereby the structure, as -a whole, will maintain its proper relations and not be subject to extreme wear due to usage, crampingbeing avoided, which is the particular objection'of the general type of rings.

W1th the above objects in view, the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as are hereinafterset forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed. In the drawing,

Figure 1 represents a fragmentary View of the upper portion of. a hoop and ring embodying the features of my invention, the parts being partly broken away andin section to more clearly illustrate details of construction. 7 V Figure 2, a similar sectional view of the hoop with the ring removed, the Section being indicated by lime 2-2 of Figure 3, show: ing particularly the longitudinal groove formed in the ring receiving section of the Figure 3, a plan view of the hoop and ring,particularly showing the nested engagement between the offset bead or lapped joint of the ring and its hoop groove.

'Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents the tapered body section* of .a

sta11dardhoop, the upper portion of Which is enlarged from a ring receiving cuf 2, Which cuff is merged inwardly to the body section and thereby forms a seating shoulder 2' for the ring. The ring cufl 2 is formed with a longitudinal outwardly offset groove 4: extending from the shoulder 2 to the mouth of the cufi'. This groove is rovided for'the reception of an exteriorly 0 set bead 5 of a slip ring 6, which ring, as shown in Figure 3, is fitted snugly-into the ring cufi'. One of the edges of the bead 5 is outwardly Offset, as shown at 00, to form a lapped joint in connection with the inner longitudinally divided edge 5 of the seam of bead, the edge 5 being fitted into the countersink thus formed to Produce an uninterrupted inner surface for the reception of the cheese.

By providing-the lapped joint of the ring with an outwardly oflset bead as shown, the parts can readily ,be assembled and when pushed into the cufi', the joint will be closed up tightly. At the saine time, the ring can readily be inserted into the cufi' portionof the body, due to the fact that the longitudinal groove permits nesting of the bead while at the same time the grooVe is of sufficientcross sectional area with relation to the corresponding area of the bead as to permit ready insertion of the bead, due to the clearance spaCe. ThuS in fitting the ring to the mouth of the hoop, cramping of the parts is avoided and when said ring is so fitted, it can be readily extracted when desired, the lappedj oint separable seam or bead permitting contraction and expansion of the ring when it is inserted or extracted.

It will also be observed that the groove 4, being stamped from the sheet metal body of the hoop, causing an exterior offset, this offset will be protected due to the fact that it is preferably arranged in alignment to the haindles 3/ of the hoop.

While I have -shown One simple exemplification of iny invention, it is understood thatI may vary the Structural features and dimensions withinthe scope ofthe clais.

I daim:

l. A metallic cheese hoop, the body porring adapted to be fitted into the cuff por tion of the hub, the edges 'of the ring being oVerlapped and exteriorly offset to form a bead, whereby a smooth inner surface is maintained for the reception of chees e produced, and a long1tudmal groove extenchng to the base of the cufl ot neSted engagement with the offset ring bead.

2. A metallic cheese hoop having a l'ongtudinal groove extending a predetermined distance from its mouth, and a split ring adapted to be fitted into the mouth .of the hoop, the s plit ring having its edges overlapped exterory t form an unnterrupted jnner surface; the overlappd offset edges 0f sad ring being nested within ,the longitud na1 groove of the hoop.

In testimony that I clam the foregoing I have hereunto set 1ny hand at Tifnothy, in the county of Man1towoc and State 01: Wis- 

